Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s cousin called his vaccine views “dangerous” and contradict what most Americans likely believe. “I think Bobby’s views on vaccines are dangerous, but I don’t think most Americans share them,

RFK Jr. ran a longshot presidential bid and then endorsed Republican nominee Donald Trump. Many of his family members denounced both actions.

Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was building up a following with his anti-vaccine nonprofit group, Children’s Health Defense, and became one of the world’s most influential spreaders of fear and distrust around vaccines.